WITH MALPRACTICE EXPOSURES RISING, LAW FIRMS SEEK MORE INSURANCE. Ames & Gough's insurer survey, Lawyers' Professional Liability Claims Trends: 2011, is cited in an article appearing February 6, 2012 in The Wall Street Journal and Dan Knise, president and CEO of Ames & Gough, is quoted in the paper's online Law Blog reporting on how law firms are responding to elevated levels of professional liability risk in the current environment. Click here to read more.
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I've worked with Ames & Gough for years regarding our firm's professional liability insurance. Ames & Gough has some of the most knowledgeable insurance professionals that I have met. They understand our business and apply their very deep insurance knowledge to help us. They are customer-focused and always put our firm's needs ahead of their own. Ames & Gough is out to save us money while also looking out for our best interests.
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For years, Hogan Lovells has relied upon Ames & Gough’s deep understanding of the professional liability issues faced by law firms. Our firm’s needs are consistently met by responsive, friendly senior-level professionals with an unyielding focus on client service and putting our needs at the fore.
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Effective risk management is an integral part of our company's productivity goals. Ames & Gough provides the support we need to help us understand and implement good risk management practices. Their professional seminars and outstanding support have helped us to keep our insurance costs down as well as to maintain high standards. We value our relationship with them, are happy that they are part of our team, and thank them for their contributions to our success.
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Ames & Gough has extensive industry knowledge and experience. Their strategic advice and excellent service have made them an integral part of our law firm’s risk management team. Ames & Gough is very responsive to our queries, and provide prompt answers to a variety of risk management issues -- offering clear advice and direction. They have enhanced our insurance program while being vigilant about our costs.
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During our more than five-year relationship with Ames & Gough, we have grown to depend heavily on their experience in the A/E industry. Their skill at identifying risk exposures, skill in reviewing our contracts, and personal approach to insurance brokerage have made Ames & Gough indispensable to our firm. As contract negotiations become more complicated and the risk of litigation greater, there is no price our firm can put on having Ames & Gough and a good lawyer on our team.
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Ames & Gough has provided our firm with continued support throughout the past 18 years, and the risk management services they provide have proven invaluable to Nitsch Engineering. We consider Ames & Gough as being an essential part of our team.
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In a "Viewpoint" column for Engineering News-Record, Mike Herlihy, executive vice president and partner, Ames & Gough writes that ownders are inappropriately transferring risk to design professionals and others without considering the impact on the professionals and their insurance program. Read the online version of Mr. Herlihy's column, by clicking the article title: "Owner Clauses: Bad Practice?"
Ames & Gough announced the promotions of four officers. Ames & Gough partners Joan DeLorey, Frances Railey, and Matthew Gough have been promoted to senior vice president. The firm also promoted Tom Marchetti, a client executive, to assistant vice president. Click here to read the full text of the news release issued September 22, 2011
Ames & Gough has been appointed by Consumer Specialties Insurance Company (Risk Retention Group) as the new Program Manager for the CSI Program as of December 1, 2011. Click here for the Press Release.
Law firms, like other employers, are not immune from employment practices liability litigation. Eileen Garczynski, of Ames & Gough, has written an article published on the Maryland Bar Associations website about practical steps to managing employment risks. To view this article click here.
The recent economic recession and prolonged real estate market slump are triggering a rise in the number of malpractice or professional liability claims lodged against law firms this year.A new study by Ames & Gough finds lawyers’ professional liability claim levels up in 2011 by as much as 20 percent at some of the leading insurance companies providing coverage for this exposure. Click here to read the full text of the news release issued June 28, 2011.
Ames & Gough recently achieved an industry first with the design and placement of a unique insurance solution for a major healtlhcare project that has implemented Integrated Project Delivery. Click here to read the full article appearing in The Zweig Lettter.
[Note: Article originally published in The Zweig Letter (www.thezweigletter.com), a ZweigWhite weekly management newsletter, on Feb. 21, 2011. To find out more about ZweigWhite log on to www.zweigwhite.com.]
As engineering firms seek to capitalize on opportunities presented by the growing number of exploration and development projects in Marcellus Shale, they need to assess carefully the unique and potentially significant exposures associated with them. Robert Hughes, a client executive in the Philadelphia office of Ames & Gough, discussed risks for engineers at a meeting of the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania. Click here to read the full text of the news release on his presentation.
The Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and Chubb Group of Insurance Companiesrecently announced that Chubb will offer a specially tailored policy, Construction Managers Errors & Omissions Liability Insurance, to CMAA member firms and sole proprietors with up to $10 million in fees. The Chubb policy, which will help protect construction managers against the costs associated with a liability lawsuit resulting from errors, omissions or negligence in providing a service, is available exclusively through Ames & Gough, the CMAA's endorsed insurance agency partner. CMAA members can obtain additional product details through their Ames & Gough client executive. To read the news release announcing the new insurance policy, visit http://cmaa.com/chubb-eo-policy.
Ames & Gough partner, Frances Railey, CPCU, and Tom Marchetti, CRIS, a client executive in the Washington, DC, office addressed the AIA’s Washington, DC Chapter’s lunchtime learning session on December 10. Topics they discussed included: securing adequate commercial property coverage; workers compensation claims management and experience modification rating; general liability coverage enhancements; umbrella and excess liability, and employment practices liability insurance.